Abstract: Drought is a complex phenomenon that is difficult to accurately describe because its definition is both spatially variant and context dependent. Decision makers in local, state, and federal agencies commonly use operational ...

Abstract: AbstractTropical cyclone precipitation (TCP) can cause significant flooding in coastal areas around the world. This study compares multiple options of a new technique for developing a gridded daily TCP product at a spatial ...

Abstract: Because of the lack of field measurements, models are often used to monitor soil moisture conditions. Therefore, it is important to find a model that can accurately simulate soil moisture under a variety of land surface ...

Abstract: On the basis of snowfall observations from 1929 to 1999, positive (negative) snowfall anomalies are associated with wetter (drier) than normal conditions during the summer [July?August (JJA)] in the northern Great Plains. ...

Abstract: ire affects virtually all terrestrial ecosystems but occurs more commonly in some than in others. This paper investigates how climate, specifically the moisture regime, influences the flammability of different landscapes ...

Abstract: oil moisture?vegetation interactions are an important component of land?atmosphere coupling, especially in semiarid regions such as the North American Great Plains. However, many land surface models parameterize vegetation ...